Food for Thought

[Mark Smith]

I always knew Bob was up to something down there.......

Quoting Gene Dascher <gedascher at multiservice.com>:

> Not really. This would be just as effective as using
> the filtering software.
> Who designates what is "adult" and what is not?  One
> man's "art" or "health
> information" is another man's "filth".  Is this for
> only commercial sites,
> or also for Bob down the street who runs a web server
> out of his own home?
> How will this be enforced on sites that are hosted
> outside the US?
> 
> I don't want my children going to the library and
> being able to access pr0n,
> just like I won't let them do it at home.  However, I
> do think something has
> to be done so that my child won't have the opportunity
> to look over the
> shoulder of an adult who is accessing it at the
> library.  What is the
> answer?  Unless we can change the hearts of every
> person on the planet, I
> don't know;  I don't have a comprehensive
> technological solution.
> 
> Gene
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
> > [mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf
> Of Philip, Anil [PCS]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:30 PM
> > To: 'zscoundrel'
> > Cc: 'kclug at kclug.org'
> > Subject: RE: Food for Thought
> >
> >
> > good idea!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: zscoundrel [mailto:zscoundrel at kc.rr.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:25 PM
> > To: Philip, Anil [PCS]
> > Cc: 'kclug at kclug.org'
> > Subject: Re: Food for Thought
> >
> >
> > Instead of making three quarters of the country buy
> filtering software
> > that has to be constantly maintained and updated,
> why not just require
> > all web sites with adult content to have ".adult"
> instead of ".com"?
> >
> > It would be simple and easy to filter for this, and
> the losers that
> > insist on trying to sneak around the law by using
> .org or .com would be
> > in violation of the law just like the adult
> bookstores that sell
> > to minors.
> >
> >
> > Philip, Anil [PCS] wrote:
> >
> > > I do not have any quarrel with the bills listed
> there eg "Child Online
> > > Protection Act", and CIPA "Under CIPA, schools and
> libraries
> > that receive
> > > certain Federal funds are required by law to
> censor the Web,..."
> > > Those are *good* laws.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: zscoundrel [mailto:zscoundrel at kc.rr.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 10:46 AM
> > > To:
> > > Subject: Food for Thought
> > >
> > >
> > > You think your vote doesn't mean much, think about
> how these people got
> > > into office, and how we can get them OUT!
> > >
> > > http://www.aotc.info/archives/000152.html#000152
> > >
> > >
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